Bangladesh: Despite the obstacles, girls outperform boys in national examinations

According to the results [bn] recently published the Higher Secondary examinations [bn] Bangladesh National, girls have outperformed their peers. This year, the rate of good performance among students is 79.19%, which is still higher than the rate of 78.23% obtained by male students.

In addition to General Education System [in], the results of the Madrasa Education Board [in] and the Board of Technical Education [en] are also published and girls lead the same way in these fields. In recent years there has been an increase in the rate of achievement of female students in public examinations, and l many people attribute [in] a number of steps taken by the government.

Ferdous Hasan [bn] commented on this achievement:

It would be wrong to interpret these achievements only by numbers. Is known to us the difficulties that a child has to face in Bangladesh. A girl is still unwanted for some families. If a child in the family all the attention and privileges are provided for him. Receive the best portion of food while girls get the leftovers. If the family can not pay their kids go to school, girls are the first to be sacrificed. .. There is still pressure from society, religion, sexual harassment. And parents conveniently decide that it is very risky sending girls to school.

After overcoming all these obstacles when they outperform boys in education, we have to say "congratulations".

Women celebrate and show the sign of victory after the announcement of the results of Higher Secondary Certificate. Bayazid Akter Image. Demotix Property

One of the core barriers to progress for women is the "eve teasing" or sexual harassment of girls. Bangladesh Nari Sangha Prgati described in one of his reports [es]:

In 2010 28 girls committed suicide after being sexually harassed, and 7 more than what they tried in vain have been reports of harassment of 166 women. Ten men and 2 women have died trying to protect women who have been harassed.

The history of Jui:

Hawa Akhter Jui is a simple girl from Bangladesh. He contracted a marriage by family arrangement still studying in school. Her husband objected to continue with their studies. His father recognized his passion for education and got the support to the eleventh class Narshingdi Government College. Her husband, who lived abroad, was angry to learn of their admission to the University. When I cut back five fingers after an altercation with the purpose that could not continue their studies.

But that did not stop. He attended the HSC examination (with the help of a premium) and spent thus making sure "A" [bn] in their ratings.

Gender inequality in the education sector:

The Government of Bangladesh is committed to increasing the level of literacy to 100% in the 2014 National policy on Education. Anneshon Unnayan's report entitled ¨ Gender inequality in Bangladesh ¨ [at] says that in 2000 male literacy was 49.5%. During 2010 increased to 61.12%. Furthermore in 2010 the female literacy rate was 40.1% which increased to 54.8% in 2010. Thus the statistics show that female literacy growth is 1.47% per annum. If this pace continues with the goal of 100% by 2014 will not be obtained. There is a deficit of 39.32% stipulated. In addition, there is a difference in the rate of adoption among girls in urban and rural locations. In higher education this becomes more evident among females and males. Although the primary level students acquire the land, show that higher education still lag behind. In public universities admission of women is only 24.3%.

According to the constitution of Bangladesh the men and women have equal status. But in reality, within the family circle, there is discrimination. So, to wean women are required to every custom, ritual, law and policy that differentiates man from the woman needs to reform and change efforts establishing coordination between legal, administrative and community for attaining this.

This entry BNPS [in], solving social problems is emphasized as a means to achieve female literacy rates higher:

In the past years have seen a budget increase for female primary education which has helped reduce the slots between male and female students. Therefore, Bangladesh MDG could reach the target at primary level within the set time. But the dropout rate remains unacceptable, as there is still a wide margin of gender inequality in secondary and higher levels of education. The gap has decreased slightly over the past 10 years. Steps as a free full tuition for higher grades to female high school could not do enough to bridge the gap. The primary reason is sexual harassment and early marriage. To increase female literacy, these social problems must be addressed urgently.

Written by পান্থ রহমান রেজা (Pantha) · Translated by Angeline Medina · View original post [bn] · Comments (0)
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